Community Workshops
Ethical, Legal, and Relational Risks of Integrating
Individual and Couple/Family Therapy in EFT
Individual and Couple/Family Therapy in EFT
with Keith Cross, PhD
EFT Therapist & AZEFT Board Member
EFT Therapist & AZEFT Board Member
Saturday, May 2, 2020
8:30am - 9:00am Registration & Networking (bring business cards!)
9:00am - 12:00pm Community Workshop
Location: Virtual Meeting through Zoom (link will be sent after registration)
When working with individual clients, EFT clinicians may include a partner or family member(s) in the process or, when working with a couple or family, may concurrently see one of the family members individually. However, many EFT clinicians are not aware of the many legal, ethical, and relational risks to either of these scenarios.
Clinicians often fail to consider how to manage information from the original counseling relationship in sessions with the new relationship (e.g. is the information from individual sessions acceptable to discuss in couple/family sessions or is it kept “secret”/confidential)? Additionally, how does the clinician maintain the client’s (or clients’) records (i.e. one record for the family or couple, or different records for each member) and what procedure and diagnosis code should be used for insurance reimbursement (i.e. does the clinician code for couples counseling with a V-code knowing insurance will not likely reimburse or does the clinician code for an individual session and diagnosis so that the client can use insurance)?
Do these considerations change if the shift from individual to couple/family (or vice versa) is temporary (i.e. one, two, or five sessions)? What are the risks of maintaining an ongoing, concurrent counseling process with both the couple/family and the individual client? Finally, how does the clinician know whether it is ethical to make the shift and what are the legal implications and the relational consequences?
These are some of the many questions that will be addressed in this Community Workshop, aimed primarily at the legal risks (i.e. the malpractice and state rules implications) and ethical realities/risks/ consequences (relying primarily on the APA, ACA and AAMFT Codes of Ethics) of EFT clinicians who engage and/or transition to/from individual and couple/family work.
Objectives: (1) Participants will be able to identify the ethical risks of combining individual and couple/ family counseling; (2) Participants will know the specific State of Arizona statutes and rules that apply when combining individual and couple/family counseling; and (3) Participants will be able to identify the potential effects on the client-therapist relationship when combining individual and couple/family counseling.
Cost:
Members - $25 Online Pre-Registration | $30 at the door
Non-Members - $30 Online Pre-Registration | $35 at the door
This workshop is intended to fulfill the 3 Ethics CEs required for BBHE License Renewal.
Cost includes an attendance certificate for 3 hours. This program is sponsored by AZEFT, and maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Participants must be present for the entire presentation and complete the evaluation in order to obtain an attendance certificate.
8:30am - 9:00am Registration & Networking (bring business cards!)
9:00am - 12:00pm Community Workshop
Location: Virtual Meeting through Zoom (link will be sent after registration)
When working with individual clients, EFT clinicians may include a partner or family member(s) in the process or, when working with a couple or family, may concurrently see one of the family members individually. However, many EFT clinicians are not aware of the many legal, ethical, and relational risks to either of these scenarios.
Clinicians often fail to consider how to manage information from the original counseling relationship in sessions with the new relationship (e.g. is the information from individual sessions acceptable to discuss in couple/family sessions or is it kept “secret”/confidential)? Additionally, how does the clinician maintain the client’s (or clients’) records (i.e. one record for the family or couple, or different records for each member) and what procedure and diagnosis code should be used for insurance reimbursement (i.e. does the clinician code for couples counseling with a V-code knowing insurance will not likely reimburse or does the clinician code for an individual session and diagnosis so that the client can use insurance)?
Do these considerations change if the shift from individual to couple/family (or vice versa) is temporary (i.e. one, two, or five sessions)? What are the risks of maintaining an ongoing, concurrent counseling process with both the couple/family and the individual client? Finally, how does the clinician know whether it is ethical to make the shift and what are the legal implications and the relational consequences?
These are some of the many questions that will be addressed in this Community Workshop, aimed primarily at the legal risks (i.e. the malpractice and state rules implications) and ethical realities/risks/ consequences (relying primarily on the APA, ACA and AAMFT Codes of Ethics) of EFT clinicians who engage and/or transition to/from individual and couple/family work.
Objectives: (1) Participants will be able to identify the ethical risks of combining individual and couple/ family counseling; (2) Participants will know the specific State of Arizona statutes and rules that apply when combining individual and couple/family counseling; and (3) Participants will be able to identify the potential effects on the client-therapist relationship when combining individual and couple/family counseling.
Cost:
Members - $25 Online Pre-Registration | $30 at the door
Non-Members - $30 Online Pre-Registration | $35 at the door
This workshop is intended to fulfill the 3 Ethics CEs required for BBHE License Renewal.
Cost includes an attendance certificate for 3 hours. This program is sponsored by AZEFT, and maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Participants must be present for the entire presentation and complete the evaluation in order to obtain an attendance certificate.
Catching Bullets: When the Cycle Erupts in the Room
with Suzanne Lovejoy, MA, LMFT
Certified EFT Therapist
Certified EFT Therapist
Friday August 28, 2020
9:30am - 10:00am Registration & Networking (bring business cards!)
10:00am - 12:00pm Community Workshop
Location: 24th Street Conference Center
1841 N. 24th Street, Phoenix, 85008
Cost:
Members - $15 Online Pre-Registration | $20 at the door
Non-Members - $20 Online Pre-Registration | $25 at the door
Cost includes an attendance certificate for 2 hours. This program is sponsored by AZEFT, and maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Participants must be present for the entire presentation and complete the evaluation in order to obtain an attendance certificate.
9:30am - 10:00am Registration & Networking (bring business cards!)
10:00am - 12:00pm Community Workshop
Location: 24th Street Conference Center
1841 N. 24th Street, Phoenix, 85008
Cost:
Members - $15 Online Pre-Registration | $20 at the door
Non-Members - $20 Online Pre-Registration | $25 at the door
Cost includes an attendance certificate for 2 hours. This program is sponsored by AZEFT, and maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Participants must be present for the entire presentation and complete the evaluation in order to obtain an attendance certificate.
EFT: What's Sex Got To Do With It?
with Lisa Gold, MA, LMFT
Certified EFT Therapist
Certified EFT Therapist
Saturday, October 24, 2020
9:30am - 10:00am Registration & Networking (bring business cards!)
10:00am - 12:00pm Community Workshop
Location: 24th Street Conference Center
1841 N. 24th Street, Phoenix, 85008
Cost:
Members - $15 Online Pre-Registration | $20 at the door
Non-Members - $20 Online Pre-Registration | $25 at the door
Cost includes an attendance certificate for 2 hours. This program is sponsored by AZEFT, and maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Participants must be present for the entire presentation and complete the evaluation in order to obtain an attendance certificate.
9:30am - 10:00am Registration & Networking (bring business cards!)
10:00am - 12:00pm Community Workshop
Location: 24th Street Conference Center
1841 N. 24th Street, Phoenix, 85008
Cost:
Members - $15 Online Pre-Registration | $20 at the door
Non-Members - $20 Online Pre-Registration | $25 at the door
Cost includes an attendance certificate for 2 hours. This program is sponsored by AZEFT, and maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Participants must be present for the entire presentation and complete the evaluation in order to obtain an attendance certificate.